Automation Tester Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Automation Tester
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £310 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.48% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £483 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.75% - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £310 £483 -
% change year-on-year -35.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 187 331 358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 98.51% 97.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 259 285
10th Percentile £335 £346 £200
25th Percentile £391 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +13.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £729 £688
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 9
10th Percentile £12.66 - £11.04
25th Percentile £18.69 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.92%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £17.50
90th Percentile £67.88 - £18.98
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.00
% change year-on-year - - +17.12%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Automation Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker